ACL REHAB
ACL injuries are serious. Your rehab should be too.
ACL REHABILITATION
ACL injuries are serious. Your rehab should be too.
Our SERVICES
ACUTE INJURY
ASSESSMENT
REHAB & TRAINING
RETURN-TO-SPORT
TESTING
INJURY PREVENTION
ACL Injury Assessment
ACL INJURY ASSESSMENT
Diagnosing and treating ACL injuries since 1985, THE BRIDGE knows knees.Â
If you’ve recently suffered a knee injury, speaking with a professional is always a good first step. After a thorough assessment of your anatomy and goals for the future, we can put together a plan for how to proceed to get you on the road to recovery as soon as possible.
Did You Know…
>Â Evaluation of the ACL should be performed immediately after an injury if possible, but is often limited by swelling and pain. When performed properly, a complete knee examination is more than 80 percent sensitive for an ACL injury.
Your initial exam includes:
- A complete documentation of your present injury as well any past injuries
- An individualized, hands on examination of your knee to determine, extent of knee swelling, ligament testing to determine stability, cartilage/meniscus testing, and evaluation of other knee structures as necessary
- First steps for acute injury management
- Referral for further investigation as required
REHAB & TRAINING
Full Continuum of Care
The KNEEFIT ACL rehab program has been developed through decades of clinical experience rehabbing serious knee injuries and continues to be informed by current research.
From prehab and post-surgical recovery with a physio to sport-specific strength training with our coaches to psychology services to help process the mental impacts of a serious knee injury, we support our patients all the way from injury to full recovery.
Did you know…
>Â Returning to knee-strenuous sport BEFORE 9 months after ACL surgery was associated with a 7-fold increased rate of sustaining a second ACL injury.
>Â ACL re-injury rates are lowered by 24% per month past month 6
>Â A 10% increase in quad strength was associated with a 30% decreased risk for re-injury
PHASE-BASED REHAB
Our phase-based rehab process is embedded with objective and subjective testing based on recent ACL rehabilitation research. We use these measures to take the guesswork out of your rehab and inform our decision of when we can safely and efficiently progress athletes into the next phase of our protocol.
A facility tailored to athletes
To properly return to activity post-ACL injury, you need to simulate and train in the same way you’ll play. Our facility features a fully-equipped gym to build strength and a large turf area to progress back to higher-level movement with speed/agility training.
Return-to-sport Testing
Test, don’t guess
Many athletes feel uncertain about returning to competition after an ACL injury, even if they have been approved to go back. We provide a comprehensive 15 item testing protocol to get you back to your sport with full confidence:
- Objective strength measurements
- Video Analysis of hop tests & cutting/landing patterns
- Psychological Testing questionnaires
Did you know…
>Â Returning to knee-strenuous sport BEFORE 9 months after ACL surgery was associated with a 7-fold increased rate of sustaining a second ACL injury.
>Â ACL re-injury rates are lowered by 24% per month past month 6
>Â A 10% increase in quad strength was associated with a 30% decreased risk for re-injury
Progress with confidence
Our phase-based rehab process is embedded with objective and subjective testing based on recent ACL rehabilitation research. We use these measures to take the guesswork out of your rehab and inform our decision of when we can safely and efficiently progress athletes into the next phase of our protocol.
Injury Prevention
Proactive protection
Unfortunately, knee injuries are extremely common among athletes at all levels. Damage to the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) is serious – and has the potential to be career ending.
Based on latest research, our KNEEFIT programs teach athletes and coaches the techniques and exercises to help prevent injuries and improve performance.
Did you know…
>Â ACL Injury Prevention Programs can decrease ACL injury rates from 50% – 67%
>Â Females are at 6 – 9.2x higher risk of ACL injuries than males involved in the same sports
Individual Kneefit Prevention Training
Athletes can work with our team of physios and strength coaches to reduce the risk of injury and build strength through an individualized 6-week training program. Included is a detailed video risk assessment, 1-on-1 training sessions, a home exercise program and re-testing at the end of the program.
TEAM KNEEFIT PREVENTION PROGRAM
Team KNEEFIT is a 90-minute information and teaching session for teams of all levels & sports along with their coaching staff and trainers to help identify athletes at high risk through video analysis and to adjust their warmup to help prevent ACL knee injuries.
